Fouhad Sabour

Fouhad Sabour was an al-Qaeda jihadist from Algeria who plotted to attack the Strasbourg Cathedral in France in January 2001, leading to his March 2004 arrest.

Biography
Fouhad Sabour was born in Algeria to a Sunni Muslim family. Sabour was inspired by Islamism and attended an al-Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan between 1998 and 2000, training to become a jihadist. Sabour was involved in the plot to attack a Jewish synagogue in Strasbourg, France in January 2001 to "send a message" to Israel, but the plot ended when its leaders were arrested, and Sabour himself was arrested in March 2004 and sentenced to 12 years in prison.